Preview 2024 AFL Draft General Discussion

[The Nostradamus]

I still can’t believe daicos wasn’t at least bid on at 2 at the time

Can’t let Ashcroft slide

 

[The Nostradamus]

Twomey late mail draft is a disaster for Saints. First 7 picks being midfielders.

Either trade up or back/out if you’re the Saints.

They can give pick 8 to us for our f1 and get a gun mid at next years draft

 

[Cubs2Lions]

Love Roberts as a Bomber. Silk

Agree and if my Lions needed more midfield depth, would have loved to snare Roberts.

But oh well, can't have all the best midfielders at one club and hopefully he goes well at the Bombers.

Just gotta settle for Ashcroft 2.0 and Marshall coming in this year

 

[scooter600x]

Plus theres a marketing aspect to having pick 1. Exciting for fans and builds hope. Why hand that to another club for no gain?

Crows did with Ugle-Hagen

 

[Cubs2Lions]

Decided to have one last crack of my predicted first round of the draft for tonight and change up a couple of spots up according to what experts are now thinking and have late-mail on:

Pick 1 - Sam Lalor (Richmond)
Pick 2 - Finn O’Sullivan (North Melbourne)
Pick 3 - Levi Ashcroft (Brisbane)*
Pick 4 - Jagga Smith (Carlton)
Pick 5 - Sid Draper (Adelaide)
Pick 6 - Harvey Langford (Melbourne)
Pick 7 - Josh Smilie (Richmond)
Pick 8 - Leo Lombard (Gold Coast)^
Pick 9 - Issac Kako (Essendon)^
Pick 10 - Tobie Travaglia (St. Kilda)
Pick 11 - Xavier Lindsay (St. Kilda)
Pick 12 - Alix Taura (Melbourne)
Pick 13 - Jobe Shanahan (Richmond)
Pick 14 - Bo Allen (Richmond)
Pick 15 - Taj Hotton (West Coast)
Pick 16 - Harry Armstrong (Port Adelaide)
Pick 17 - Jack Whitlock (Fremantle)
Pick 18 - Murphy Reid (GWS)
Pick 19 - Joe Berry (GWS)
Pick 20 - Jesse Dattoli (Western Bulldogs)
Pick 21 - Alex Dodson (Richmond)
Pick 22 - Sam Marshall (Brisbane)^
Pick 23 - Matthew Whitlock (Sydney)
Pick 24 - Jonty Faull (Richmond)
Pick 25 - Ollie Hannaford (GWS)
Pick 26 - Ned Bowman (Sydney)
Pick 27 - Harrison Oliver (Richmond)

 

[Andy_Mac]

Decided to have one last crack of my predicted first round of the draft for tonight and change up a couple of spots up according to what experts are now thinking and have late-mail on:

Pick 1 - Sam Lalor (Richmond)
Pick 2 - Finn O’Sullivan (North Melbourne)
Pick 3 - Levi Ashcroft (Brisbane)*
Pick 4 - Jagga Smith (Carlton)
Pick 5 - Sid Draper (Adelaide)
Pick 6 - Harvey Langford (Melbourne)
Pick 7 - Josh Smilie (Richmond)
Pick 8 - Leo Lombard (Gold Coast)^
Pick 9 - Issac Kako (Essendon)^
Pick 10 - Tobie Travaglia (St. Kilda)
Pick 11 - Xavier Lindsay (St. Kilda)
Pick 12 - Alix Taura (Melbourne)
Pick 13 - Jobe Shanahan (Richmond)
Pick 14 - Bo Allen (Richmond)
Pick 15 - Taj Hotton (West Coast)
Pick 16 - Harry Armstrong (Port Adelaide)
Pick 17 - Jack Whitlock (Fremantle)
Pick 18 - Murphy Reid (GWS)
Pick 19 - Joe Berry (GWS)
Pick 20 - Jesse Dattoli (Western Bulldogs)
Pick 21 - Alex Dodson (Richmond)
Pick 22 - Sam Marshall (Brisbane)^
Pick 23 - Matthew Whitlock (Sydney)
Pick 24 - Jonty Faull (Richmond)
Pick 25 - Ollie Hannaford (GWS)
Pick 26 - Ned Bowman (Sydney)
Pick 27 - Harrison Oliver (Richmond)

I look at that and you see Tauru at P12 and think. If North (assuming they are actually hot on him) would have to be on that phone to Melbourne trying to do a deal.

 

[Newbie Real Talk]

I look at that and you see Tauru at P12 and think. If North (assuming they are actually hot on him) would have to be on that phone to Melbourne trying to do a deal.

And what would your thoughts be on trading that pick for Norths F!?

 

[Mich0]

I look at that and you see Tauru at P12 and think. If North (assuming they are actually hot on him) would have to be on that phone to Melbourne trying to do a deal.

What do North have to offer Dees at that pick? It’s hardly likely there F1 will be better than the Dees F1 which is what they used to actually get that pick.

 

[Dudoro]

Said on here months ago I rate Jack Whitlock high and not that keen on Armstrong. Interesting to see that will likely come true tonight

 

[Cubs2Lions]

I look at that and you see Tauru at P12 and think. If North (assuming they are actually hot on him) would have to be on that phone to Melbourne trying to do a deal.

Think that's what I'm thinking too but then at the same time, maybe he could replace May in 2-3 years time with Lever being the number 1 KPD at the club.

And what would your thoughts be on trading that pick for Norths F!?

Depends on what Melbourne think of the upcoming talent in the draft next year as I really don't know much about the 2025 crop other than the Lions academy player in Annable being a first round calculation for us.

What I will say though is North Melbourne definitely needs to invest in more young players outside of the midfield and if they can find a way to get back into the draft to nab Taura tonight, would do that in a heartbeat.

 

[marcmurphy3]

Crows did with Ugle-Hagen

Ugle-Hagen was the clear number one, Levi is not, nor was Daicos, while Giants traded up specifically for Cadman so can understand why they didn't bid on Will. Daicos should have been bid on at 2 though.

Also, the argument of taking pressure off the player makes more sense with KPP who take longer to develop. I'd argue it's worked too as there hasn't been much talk about Thilthorpe even though he hasn't blown the lights out. He's shown some good signs, but I think people would be expecting more if he was pick 1.

 

[Enviable Tradition]

Said on here months ago I rate Jack Whitlock high and not that keen on Armstrong. Interesting to see that will likely come true tonight

What's your knock on Armstrong?

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[blaisee]

Richmond's flags were built on a 35 year rebuild. It had to work eventually.

And Adelaide's crucial role will never be forgotten

Forever in debt

 

[Cubs2Lions]

Andy_Mac, what do you think of Murphy Reid instead of Taurat then if you kept your second 1RD pick though?

Heard that he was a flight risk to interstate clubs by some so maybe that could be a selection for your mob or Richmond later on in the first round but did decide to settle on GWS being his destination given they are choosing best avaliable.

 

[The Nostradamus]

I look at that and you see Tauru at P12 and think. If North (assuming they are actually hot on him) would have to be on that phone to Melbourne trying to do a deal.

i think we will target tigers pick 10/11

 

[Andy_Mac]

What do North have to offer Dees at that pick? It’s hardly likely there F1 will be better than the Dees F1 which is what they used to actually get that pick.

Agreed. I never said they'd like the reply. I assume it would be multiple futures. It's academic anyway, because we didn't go the the effort to trade a small fortune ourselves to get into the top 10 this year just to trade out.

 

[Mich0]

Think that's what I'm thinking too but then at the same time, maybe he could replace May in 2-3 years time with Lever being the number 1 KPD at the club.

Depends on what Melbourne think of the upcoming talent in the draft next year as I really don't know much about the 2025 crop other than the Lions academy player in Annable being a first round calculation for us.

What I will say though is North Melbourne definitely needs to invest in more young players outside of the midfield and if they can find a way to get back into the draft to nab Taura tonight, would do that in a heartbeat.

Dees will just take him, we gave up pick 28 and a F1 (plus later picks) for that pick 9 originally.

Why would we do all that to just trade out for Norths F1 which may end up being worse than ours anyway.

 

[The Nostradamus]

Dees will just take him, we gave up pick 28 and a F1 (plus later picks) for that pick 9 originally.

Why would we do all that to just trade out for Norths F1 which may end up being worse than ours anyway.

we will be targeting the tigers picks after yours to grab a KPP

 

[blaisee]

i think we will target tigers pick 10/11

nah we are good thanks

You keep your picks, and we will keep ours

Win/Win

 

[The Nostradamus]

nah we are good thanks

You keep your picks, and we will keep ours

Win/Win

more than happy to

 

[blaisee]

more than happy to

lol. as if

 

[Andy_Mac]

Andy_Mac, what do you think of Murphy Reid instead of Taura if you kept your second 1RD pick though?

Heard that he was a flight risk to interstate clubs by some so maybe that could be a selection for your mob or Richmond later on in the first round but settled on GWS given they are choosing best avaliable.

My hope is we take Lindsay if he gets past the saints, if he's gone then Bo Allan would be my choice.

We actually have quite a few young key defenders, so not sure Tauru is a real need TBH. Petty is young and a proven commodity down back (stupid forward), Daniel Turner who was also played as a makeshift forward will go back longer term and we get Kalani White as a F/S next year who is a 200cm defender. And as you note, Lever has 5 years of footy left, so plenty of water to go under that bridge.

 

[Andy_Mac]

And what would your thoughts be on trading that pick for Norths F!?

It'd have to be multiple futures. We paid a lot to trade the pick in, so if we were going to sell it off, we'd want a decent return. If he gets through us, which based on the commentary about our interest at 5 is unlikely, Richmond would have to look at you F1 on it own.

 

[ItsAllAboutMe]

Forgive me if this has already been discussed but what is the strategic advantage for any club bidding on Ashcroft

The strategic advantage I would use if I was Richmond would be taking Ashcroft at #1 purely to take the pressure off Lalor of being the #1 pick, however the marketing department will want to use the title to sell memberships/sponsorships.

 

[weltschmerz]

Crows did with Ugle-Hagen

They wanted to wipe out a later pick we'd have used to take Rowe ahead of them